In 2 pts., each with special t.p. and colophon, and separate signatures; t.p. of 2nd pt. reads: Probe Centone Vatis Clarissime a Diuo Hieronymo Comprobate. Centonam De fidei nostre Mysterijs e Maronis Carminibus excerptum Opusculum

Place of publication and publisher statement from colophon (leaf c4r); GW gives date of publication [ca. 1495]; BM STC Italian gives it as: [1520?]

Signatures: [A]², B-D⁴, E², a-c⁴

12 woodcuts of Sibyls (in German style?), on recto of each leaf, starting on leaf B2. Cf. Sander 775. Each figure is surrounded by woodcut borders

Ornamental initials

Goff

BM STC Italian, 1465-1600

IGI

GW

(from title page) Discordantie sanctorum doctorum Hieronymi & Augustini -- Sibyllaru[m] de Christo vaticinia: cu[m] appropriatis singularum figuris -- Varia Iudeorum [et] gentilium de Christo testimonia -- Centones Probe Falconie de vtriusq[ue] testamenti hystoriis ex carminibus uirgilii selecti: cum annotatione locorum ex quibus desumpti sunt: a diuo Hieronymo Comprobate

Binding: modern red morocco; gilt title on spine; dentelles on turn-ins in gilt

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